Collecting Perfins
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- čas přidán 10. 07. 2024
- Have you ever found stamps in your collection with tiny pin-holes through them? These are Perfins, an anti theft mechanism for companies and organizations to prevent employees from stealing stamps. Watch the video to learn more and see the following links and resources below.
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Special thanks to The Perfins Club: www.perfins.org/
Database of perfins (global): zenius.kalnieciai.lt/index.html
US Perfin Covers: www.perfins.org/US-Perfin-Cov...
The Perfin Society: www.angelfire.com/pr/perfinsoc/
Czech Perfin Club: www.perfin.cz/cs/
Dansk Perfin Samlerklub (Danish Perfin Club): perfin.dk/en/home/
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Lochungen (German Perfin Club): www.arge-lochungen.de/
Magyar Perfin Klub (Hungarian Perfin Club): www.mabeosz.hu/org/groups/perf...
The Perfin Club of Netherlands: www.perfinclub.nl/
Dutch East Indies Perfin Study Group: www.studiegroep-zwp.nl/perfin...
Perfin Discussion Group: groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/p...
Perfins Club Facebook Group: / 156514221215332
Perfin Stamps of Australia: www.perfins.com.au/
Perfins on the Stamps of Cuba: www.cubafil.org/MemberPages/RR...
Danish Perfins: norbyhus.dk/perfdk.html
Online Danish Perfin Catalog: www.perfiner.dk/
Finnish Perfins: www.jiv.dk/finland/perfin.php
French Merson Perfins: www.coppoweb.com/merson/fr.per...
Great Britain Official Perfins: pennyreds.tripod.com/board.html
Hong Kong Perfins: rodsell.com/hkperfins/hkperfin...
Italian Perfins: www.perfin.it/Home.htm
Mexico Perfins: www.perfins.org/MexicoPerfins...
Railroad Perfins of the USA: alphabetilately.org/TORRP.html
Rhodesian Perfins: www.rhodesianstudycircle.org.u...
Video corrections:
"OS" for Australian states stood for "On Service" instead of "Official Service"
Inverted = upside down, Reverse = backwards... the folded stamps would have been "reversed"
I've been a stamp collector for 44 years and never got into perfins but now I'll consider adding a few to my collection. One of the nice things about this hobby is that there is always a new area to explore. Your videos are so well done. You make an excellent spokesman for philately and I only wish you had been around when I first started collecting stamps way back in 1977. Please keep these videos coming. You have so much knowledge and have demonstrated a great enthusiasm for this great hobby. I always thought perfins were only used in the U.S.A. so was surprised to learn that almost all countries used them.
I just started getting into it, I’m 16. Do you have any tips
You probably have loads without even knowing. I never bought any, but found about 10 from different countries for different companies and organisations in my collection.
I started my first US stamp collection in 1967 when I was 5. Both of my brothers, my dad, and my grand-dad all collected and specialized in US stamps. My dad had bundles of 100 used copies most common stamps starting in the 1930's into the 1960's. One of my earliest favorites was the 1932 presidentials. By age 10 my collection was LOADED with perfins, and as explained here people told me they were technically considered damaged. But I was attracted to them and actually hoarded them easily convincing others they were highly undersierable. It wasn't for potential cash value, it was striktly for the enthralment and proliferation of them in my sphere. Sadly my collection was stolen in the 1980's while I was moving and while I did return to collecting about 15 years later, as an adult, my 2000's collection consisted mainly of early used singles, including 10 sets of 1892 Columbians complete to .50c and some of the $$ values, with one set to .50c unused. Then I focussed on mint and unused NG and regummed singles starting with the 1920's Washingtons. Then by the 1932 Washington series it was all plate blocks. Including, not counting airmails, an abolute complete collection of plate blocks from 1932- 2000. [sc702 through sc3450-ish] Naturally I had a ton of air-mails, other B.O.B. stuff, and many early mint coil line pairs, but none of these were as complete . Sold everyting as the market started to dip. Now I just have a few old coins.... Imagine I probably had a few thousand perfins from 1920's to 1930's.
I must admit in 30 years of collecting I never paid much attention to the perfin stamps. I might give them all a second look now. Thanks for the video.
Same here... I didn't pay much attention at all. Making this video has made me really excited to continue studying perfins, definitely take a second look at yours! Thanks for watching :)
Me too - and I immediately found one - now I know what it is.
really enjoyed the perfins video and especially the presenter ...Great personality and easy to understand thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you 😊
The Perfins Club has all the back numbers of their magazine online. I am learning a lot from reading the old articles. One guy says he bought a bag of duds, but when he looked closely there was a "Schermack private perforation" among them- this now sells for tens of thousands of dollars. I love people's reports on their discoveries!
Whoa, thats when an eye for detail really matters. The Perfins club is a super helpful resource. Thanks for watching :)
Your videos are great! I work at the Philatelic Administration for the Brazillian Post, as an historian, and I am so glad that I discovered you channel!
Thank you very much, Mayra! I'm so glad that you found my channel and enjoy the videos :) thanks for watching!!
The upcoming Brazil-Israel joint issue stamp expected in September looks like a fantastic tribute to our two countries.
As I see from the comments, seems I'm not the only one to never really think about perfins.. And as an US collector I should really have knows more about this, I've seen them but never gave it a second thoughts. Thanks for giving me an insight into this...
I also never gave them a second thought, now I'm hooked!! Thanks for watching Christian :)
Why have 3 people given thumbs down. This guys channel is a blessing for all us collectors. Keep up the great work.
Thanks for the video, very interesting. I collect perfins of different companies of Europe. Continue doing this videos! thanks, greetings from Argentina.
Thank you for watching in Argentina :) Glad to have a Euro perfin collector watching the channel, thank you and glad you enjoyed it!! :)
This was an aspect of stamp collecting I knew nothing about before watching this video. Thank you for making me less stupid with each new video!
Brilliant topic. So overshadowed and undervalued. I think of stamps as miniature encyclopaedic slivers of history, geography and culture and Perfins add another deeper level to that world. I first noticed them in abundance on German post WWI era stamps, obviously the value of reselling a stamp was tempting in a recession. Thanks Graham, tick VG.
I agree, they are totally undervalued!! Love your description as 'miniature encyclopaedic slivers of history, geog, and culture' they sure are! Thanks for watching :)
I'd noticed these over the years and never really knew what they were, now I do !
:) Thanks for watching, time to study perfins!
Hello from Oregon🌄
Oooooooh Perfins yes, I ❤️ them! Thank you SO very much for the video, looking & sounding great!
You are so welcome! Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching :)
@@ExploringStamps I'll watch you in anything you do you are an amazing speaker! You make it so easy for everyone to comprehend. 👍🙂
Like Sian's comment, I have collected for many years without really understanding perfins. I know that new content is incredibly time consuming for you, but we all anxiously await your videos. I've made an Exploring Stamps Playlist and play it when I work on my stamps to remind me of the romance of the hobby. Thank you.
Thanks Chai! there are some exciting things in the works for the channel, more to come :)
As suggested by the comments thus far, perfins are an unfamiliar area of philately to newcomers -- myself included -- but this video succeeds in turning an obscure feature of stamps into an exciting dimension of the hobby. Coincidentally, a visit to a flea market a few days ago prompted a fellow collector to mention perfins to me as a feature to be on the lookout for, so this video is exceedingly timely.
Oh excellent, perfect timing indeed!! I myself didn't know much about the world of Perfins until I researched for this video. I find them incredibly fascinating!! Thanks for watching :)
I had so many perfins in my collection and no idea what they were, thanks Graham!
Happy to help! (I didn't really know what they were until researching for this video) Thanks for watching :)
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Again very nice and enjoyable. There is a Perfin machine at The American Philatelic Society and it makes the initials APS. I wonder why.
I need to check that out! :) Thanks for watching Tom, hopefully I will be able to visit the APS in the near future.
These perfins are certainly very interesting to know about. I will share these with my stamps friends . Thanks from Vietnam 🇻🇳🇻🇳
Please do! They are very interesting. Thank you for watching :)
Thank you for the Video, I did have a lot of British stamps with perfins, but no idea about its purpose.
Your channel have grown in to a you tube philatelic video encyclopedia.
Great video as usual 👍
Awesome! Thank you! Glad the video could be helpful :)
Oh goodness this is the content I am here for! This sort of weird philatelic stuff, and a collector that cares more about history and exploration than monetary value!
Only just discovered this channel, I have a stamp collection that has been passed and expanded through three generations. This channel is very well produced, informative, entertaining and I am encouraging the next generation of my family to listen to this channel. Keep up the good work.
Welcome aboard! Glad you are enjoying the channel and videos, and that you are finding them helpful. 😊. Thanks for watching!!
Thank you Graham for this very interesting video which once again feeds one of the different facets that philately offers. The prices of PERFINS are already starting to increase because I am sure that it will give ideas. Michael.
Glad you enjoyed it Michael, its good to see that perfins are increasing in price, they deserve to be of more value. Thanks for watching :)
Wow, in 37 years of collecting, I had no clue what perfins were (I've seen the term, of course, just never knew the meaning). I thought those holes were cancellations from postal administrations, used as a way to save a little ink. And, to be honest, I kind of hated them for "damaging" stamps. But now that I know the story I'll have to gather some up for a later study (I know I have some). THANK YOU, GRAHAM!!!
I'm in the same boat as you Phil. I also thought that they were a crude cancelling process and didn't pay any attention to them.... well, thats now changed. I am somewhat obsessing over them at the moment. Thanks for watching :D
I thought they were cancellations too! It goes to show you that learning is a never-ending process.
Thanks for another fascinating video! I’ve always found perfins intriguing, almost like ciphers waiting to be decrypted. My wife Grace and I have just spent the last half hour going through one of my albums, and finding all the perfins. You’ve inspired us to find out more about them! Thanks!
That is so great to hear :) They are very intriguing indeed! Hope you have fun learning about your perfins!!
Thanks Graham (and to the Perfins Bulletin). A good explanation. I have been collecting perfins for about ten years and have a specialised collection 'Jewish perfins' - I know of only one other such collector in the world so I would be delighted to hear from others.
I have quite a few perfins in my collection and wondered why would anyone punch holes on a stamp but now it's clearer... ¡Gracias amigo!
A beautiful and extremely wonderful show. I wish you permanent happiness, success and progress in your wonderful work. Health and safety to all of you with the utmost thanks and respect. Greetings.🌹💞🌹
you should do an episode on the stamps of the republic of German-Austria (1918-1919), it has a very interesting history.
Oooo, I look forward to exploring the rep of German-Austria through philately at some point, thanks for the suggestion :)
Especially in the time before WW1 when the value fluctuated like crazy, going fromn5 Marks to 2million marks for example
Another great and educational video. I have collected perfins for years. It's a great way of adding to the hobby.
It sure is a great way to add additional depth to a collection. Thanks for watching :)
Another great Video, Thanks Graham!
Glad you enjoyed it Raul, thanks for watching :)
Another fun video, thank you. I started collecting last year and learned about perfins a few months back and have since been collecting them as I find them. I find them a fascinating part of philately and I think over the years we'll see their values increase as more people start collecting them.
I also look forward to seeing more people collecting and exploring perfins in the future, they are soo fascinating!! Thanks for watching Jeff :)
Thanks Graham . I have a few all country's wiser now . Thanks
Another great video Graham! A couple of minor points - 'OS' overprinted and punctured on stamps from the states of Australia (such as New South Wales) stood for 'On Service', as in 'On His/Her Majesty's Service' - i.e. OHMS without the HM. Also the 'inverted' perfins such as those created using the folded sheets you show (that can be read correctly from the back) are actually reversed perfins. Inverted are 'upside down' perfins and can also be found inverted reversed.
Very good points, thank you for bringing this up. I clearly confused the words inverted and reversed there, and I did not know that the 'O' was simply 'On' for the Australian states. I'll add these details to the video description :) Thanks for watching.
Anti-theft measures for stamps... who knew... great vid Graham
Thanks Karen! :)
Awesome video! I have been a long time Perfins Collector. Truly an enjoyable collecting venue!
It certainly is!! Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed the video :)
Hello Graham! Great presentation! Very well done and explained! I would have added the perfins off covers can be found for pennies. However, perfins on covers are more interesting, especially on illustrated envelopes. They can be used in thematic exhibits! A very rare perforated cow perfin from France is worth more than $100! Pierre Wertheimer
I loved this video!! Im now a new stamp geek that is really having fun with perfin stamps. Looking up the initials, the company, old pictures of it, and where are they now. It's been fun. I feel it's more fun, rare, and more exiting than same old non perfins stamps that had millions made of the same. Where a perfin stamp may only have hundreds. Anyhow, thanks tons.
I'm thinking maybe a video of Grills, history of them, how to identify them. Maybe little more in depth on watermarks, paper differences used, presses used, ( flat, rotary) colors used, or whatever. And a video that would be cool, would be one bout the major difference between a "rare stamp" and a "freak stamp". I have a few that that are called freaks that drives me nutz. I feel it's totally as rare as a stamp with a sideways watermark that they call rare and worth thousands. However in the conversion year in the u.s. from large stamps to small stamps, there were a few small print on a large stamp, and perf I'm and just considered a worthless freak?!? I don't understand
I learned something today. Thanks Graham.
Awesome! You are very welcome... thanks for watching :)
I have a beauty on a cover to New York. It's a Selfridge's perfin, S/&Co on a 1½d GV1 brown. Selfridge's address on the front of the cover, cds 4 APR 1940. (Always looking for Selfridge's perfins 😀)
I love how my ad before this video was from Canada Post 😂 thanks for making this video, I have wondered what the purpose of perfins was and now it makes so much sense! Finding the entities who match the perfins is definitely something that could take up quite a bit of time and could be so interesting!
I always wondered what those pin holes were used for. Thanks for the video. Very well explained 👌
Glad this was helpful, thanks for watching :)
I have a few older US perfins, never knew what they were for. Now I have to go though all my containers of used stamps. Thanks for in the info :)
You are very welcome!! Yes definitely go through your used stamps and hunt those perfins down :) Thanks for watching
The video quality keeps getting better each time you upload! Congrats on 13K! I really hope this channel gets big and more people to learn about stamps.
Thank you Ken and thank you for your support :D
As always I enjoyed watching your video on perfins. Without knowing too much about them, I have set a separate place for them in my collection. You helped me know a lot more about them. Incidentally, I was working for Burroughs at the time of the merger in 1986. We were building large mainframe computers at the time. We merged with the Sperry Company, which I believe, was from Connecticut. For a time, we used the name Sperry - Burroughs to identify our company. It was said that we needed to come up with a permanent name for the company,so management came up with a company wide contest, among the employees to come up with a new name. Someone in the Atlanta office came up with the name “Unisys” to stand for,” United Information Systems “; and that is the name that is used to this day.
When I started working for Burroughs in 1973, we were building the letter sorters that one sees pictured on the US stamp Scott #1495.
Don’t have time to watch it now but will watch it later! I know it will be good
Wow, such an informative and fun video. I loved learning about all the different designs and the purpose if the perfins. I look at my own perfins differently now thanks to your video. Great work!
Glad it was helpful! Definitely take a look at your own perfins now and see what cool discoveries you can make :) Thanks for watching.
Thanks - very interesting 🧐
Glad you enjoyed it :)
I have some UK postage stamps with perfins. I had no idea why there were holes in some of my stamps until now. Can't wait to take a closer look and do some investigating, maybe make a separate page of perfins. Thank you for another outstanding video.
thanks for the video...i do have mayb 2-3 lying around...but now its going in THE album
As always.......excellent episode!
Thanks as always Louis :)
I have perfinns stamps, but never knew what it was. Thanks
You are very welcome David, thanks for watching :)
Hey Mate, This is an eye opener for me as I had come through these stamps before but didn't knew what those perforations are for! Thanks for introducing me to a new concept in philately
You are very welcome :) It was a learning experience for me as well, researching for this video taught me about the really fascinating world of Perfins, and now I look forward to finding more. Thanks for watching :)
Thanks for clarifying the persons they have been a hard thing to understand! Thanks Graham stay safe and keep up the great work!
Glad it was helpful, I learned a lot while making the video. Thanks for watching Kebab King :)
Superb!!
Thank you Peter :)
A great and informative video as always! You are the best Graham!
Thank you :) Glad you enjoyed the video!
Very informative. Thanks for teaching on the subject.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching Carlos :)
Great content as always Graham you never disappoint :D
Also 10:32 BFG (Doesn't stand for Big Friendly Giant)
That was the first thing I thought when I saw BFG. :D
Thanks Graham for the information. Now I on longer wonder about the many holes in a few stamps of mine.
As far as I know, I don't think I have any Parfins in my stamp collection. I have around 2000 stamps, so I could be just overlooking some though.
Jamie Lewis Try looking in your German collection, they were fond of them pre 1945.
I have perfins which I separate into a serparate envelope though I don't particularly collect them. The perfins I do like however are the official stamps that have the word "Official or oficial" in perfins.
Thanks Graham, this was very interesting.
Glad you found it interesting, thanks for watching :)
Great video on the topic. I inherited a trunk loaded with matchboxes full of stamps with so many perfin from Europe that has me wondering how to distinguish their origin. It's a niche community I've come to learn, but very interesting.
Hi sir.. i am from india.. i like your videos. I have stamp collection.. i am collecting unusual stamps. Thats why i like your video.. its very good video
Glad you are enjoying the videos, thank you for watching in India :D
Thank you for this episode.
I have wondered for a long time what the holes are for.
Greetings!!! =)
Really very useful video. Thanks for the valuable information.🙏
EXCELLENT VIDEO!
Thank you :)
Amazing as always. Keep up the good work please.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it :)
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I'm one of the many who do not know about PERFINS. . .
Educational video!
You just let me check my collection. . .and i have no PERFIN STAMP😅
You are very welcome 😊!! Keep a look out, there are tons of Perfins hiding out there. Thanks for watching!
You have an increadably engaging manner.Your passion for these tiny papers really shines through.I stumbled onto my partners stamp collection.Left by his Grandfather,who was high ranking in the army as well as high rank frmsn.Said to have one of the larger/better collections in UK.He chose to it divide it btw 4 grandsons.Theres a few questions Id love to get your feed back on.Could I email you?Would you mind?
There are so many videos that contradict.However I just Know your legit.Thanks again for sharing your enthusiasm.
Great links! Lots of Info
Hi Graham, very good video as always. I recently bought a pdf download of a catalogue on german perfins, I've made some interesting discoveries! By the way I really like the background music in this video :)
This great I have some that have
2B which is the Federal reserve bank of New York mostly high
Values for bank to bank transfer
Great show.
Wow its good info could you make a video on binomial nomenclature please☺☺
Definitely something I would love to explore :D
Excelente, as always
Thank you 😊
Note that often companies would perfin the higher denominations, especially 19th century GB, these are usually worth considerably less. I like them for variety, especially those that are more graphic than basic letters - like that B in a star
Interesting. Thank you for this information.
You are very welcome! Thank you for watching 😊
Sincere thanks.
Great video! Many thanks!!!
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching :)
Really interesting, I would love to see a video explaining different perforations and edges. I have a lot of very rare stamps I inherited from my great grandfather, I might want to sell, so I know that (like all your videos) would be extremely helpful.
Also italiane stamps
How do you know they are rare?
Really interesting video, never knew what they were for to be honest, think it was just laziness on my behalf Haha! Thanks for sharing, all the best from the uk
Now after watching this again, i started collecting stamps with perfin, not all but at least a few. So if we gather, we have something to talk about too.
Stampex 2020 This is my "favorite" of your episodes because while I'd heard of them, I'd never paid attentioni to them before. As I reorganized/organize my collection, I'm finding I have more and more! They're cool.
Awesome :-)
Thanks :-)
I have an entire M/NH sheet of 4ct Liberty series perfins! Remember that Ebay bidding war over that....very unusual...had to snipe for it...LOOOL!!!!....$285...
When the perforator operator was folding the sheet to do the job quicker they were not lazy. They were being efficient. Some of these companies had very large daily mailings.
Afyer 50+ years and 3 collections later, I first read about perfins just last year (2019), but cannot recall the source. That same source claimed that used stamps without a cancellation but containing a city & state printed on them in various fonts, sometimes with precancel bars are also perfins. Perfins are specialized by organization; could it be that these city/state critters are postal perfins, prmulgated by the USPS to reduce theft by its counterpersons?
I have HR&C. prifin stamp tx fr yr information. 👍🙏
Ir would be great if you could provide a copy for our retention - just in case. It is an excellent piece of work, that we can use on our website to explain and promote our hobby. Thank you.
Sure, please send your email address to me: explorestamps@gmail.com... and I will connect it with a shared drive for downloading :)
Informative
:)
Good knowledge sharing
Thank you :)
Coincidence I found one today and wondered I am new to stamp collecting btw
Mine had a S but had a small I inside
Perfect timing!!! :) Thanks for watching.
No problem
@@ExploringStamps do you have discord
Exception to value of perfins have always been Japanese perfins as Japanese collectors have always liked these.
Interesting!!! Thanks for sharing, I need to look out for Japanese perfins with this in mind. Thanks for watching :)
Excellent video detailed information covering every aspect of perfins thank u bro 😊
I think the mint perfins would be very hard and soughtafter to collect as the existence would be 5 % 10%
Thanks 😊
I would think so as well, and I wonder how they would have made it into the collectors market... stolen out of the office?
Thanks for watching :)
Exploring Stamps yes u are right some of them mint ones might have been stolen or a company shut down and their equipment ect got sold and they came through that Chanel
Thanks 😊
Tengo munchas con esos puntitos gracias por toda la informacion que nos das gracias caballero por you timpo tengo 3 anos siguiendote
I get more knowledge from your video Great
Glad to hear that, thanks for watching :)
Thanks good job.
So much excellent information. Keep going. Diane NZ
Thanks Diane, glad you enjoyed it 😊
4:17 My initials!! Wish i could have it. J.G
Now you gotta find one!! :)
Is there anything stopping me from making my own perfin symbol and using those stamps to send mail?
Is the US perfin catalogue by stephen endicott available for free? Is there any alternative catalogue which is free?
i have a george the 5th stamp with perfins and it says W&R ltd